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课件网) Unit 2 Out of this world Integrated skills (I) M: Hello, do you have The Best of Mozart W: Um ... sorry, we’ve just sold out. But we can order one for you. If you give us your number, we’ll call you when the CD arrives. (1) What can we say about the woman A. She’s generous. B. She’s curious. C. She’s helpful. W: Did you know James went out of business M: Really When was that W: Last month. M: That’s too bad! He had owned that business for 15 years. What happened W: I don’t know. But life must be pretty tough for his family now. His sons are still so young. One is 13 and the other is 10. M: Well, maybe things are not as bad as they seem to be. W: I hope so. (2) How does the woman feel about James’ situation A. Embarrassed. B. Concerned. C. Disappointed. When listening, sometimes you may need to know the speakers’ attitudes. You should try to listen for some words or phrases that have a positive or negative meaning, e.g. good/great/fantastic, I like/enjoy; bad/terrible/awful, I don’t like/dislike. Listening tips Guess before listening There must be two speakers talking about aliens from a film. They may talk about their likes and dislikes of the film. Perhaps they will also talk about the humans involved with aliens. … 1. T 2. T 3. F (Jenny → Bob, Bob → Jenny) 4. T 5. F (destroy → save) 6. F (boring → exciting) A1 The aliens are really frightening. They look like huge (1)_____. (2)_____ bring them to the Earth. The aliens just want to (3)_____. They breathe on something until it is a ball of fire. The Beasts from Mars fire-breathing bears Those scientists destroy everything A2 The aliens look like big jellyfish. They are much more (4)_____ than us. People from all over the world work together to (5)_____ and find out their message. With the help of the aliens, we manage to (6) _____ another group of aliens. Strangers from Space intelligent translate their language fight off A2 Jenny: Hey Bob, have you seen the sci-fi film that everyone’s been talking about Bob: Yeah, it’s great! The Beasts from Mars! Jenny: I just saw it last night. It is enjoyable except that those aliens are really frightening. They aren’t like us at all! They are more like huge fire-breathing bears! Bob: I know! They look really strange and they aren’t intelligent at all. I’d hate to meet aliens like that. I don’t know why those scientists bring them to the Earth. Jenny: Right, they just want to destroy everything, don’t they When they see something like a car or a house, they just breathe on it until it is a ball of fire. Tapescript Bob: Yes, it’s quite scary. Do you think aliens like that really exist on other planets in outer space Jenny: Well, I’m not sure about aliens like that, but I guess it’s possible that there’s life on other planets. What do you think Bob: I think there must be life somewhere. I hope they are friendlier than the beasts from Mars, though. I’ve read a book called ... ...
